Arms company NIOA at centre of political and lobbying interests

Wars are, of course, the ultimate form of division, but it turns out that the weapons that make wars possible can be strangely unifying.

Veteran former Labor Minister Brendan O’Connor after leaving politics at the May election joined the advisory board He was appointed last July to replace his colleague David Feeney, a former board member of Australian arms and ammunition company NIOA. In this advisory role, O’Connor, who was the Albanian government’s skills and training minister until 2024, shadow defense minister towards the end of Labour’s term in opposition and a wide range of ministries during the Rudd-Gillard years, joins the former political dissident, former defense minister and former minister of defense. cricket Favorite Christopher Pyne, who has chaired the NIOA advisory board since 2020.